"David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University."

Papers originally presented at the conference entitled Latinos in the 21st century : mapping the research agenda, held in April 2000 at Harvard University

Includes bibliographical references and index

"Y tú, qué?" (Y2K) : Latino history in the new millennium / George J. Sanchez -- Islands and enclaves : Caribbean Latinos in historical perspective / Juan Flores -- Power and identity : Miami Cubans / Alex Stepick and Carol Dutton Stepick -- Community dynamics and the rise of street gangs / Diego Vigil -- Gender, ethnicity, and race in school and work outcomes of second-generation Mexican Americans / Robert C. Smith -- Unions and Latinos / John Trumpbour, Elaine Bernard -- Two nations under God? Latino religious life in the United States / Peggy Levitt -- Ambivalent reception : mass public responses to the "new" Latino immigration to the United States / Wayne A. Cornelius -- Resurrecting exclusion : the effects of 1996 U.S. immigration reform on Communities and families in Texas, El Salvador, and Mexico / Jacqueline Hagan, Nestor Rodriguez -- The Latino health research agenda for the twenty-first century / David E. Hayes-Bautista -- Latinos' access to employment-based health insurance / E. Richard Brown, Hongjian Yu -- Families on the frontier : from braceros in the fields to braceras in the home / Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo -- Ambiguous loss : risk and resilience in Latino immigrant families / Celia Jaes Falicov -- The plasticity of culture and psychodynamic and psychosocial processes in Latino immigrant families / Ricardo C. Ainslie -- Bilingual infants : mapping the research agenda / Barbara Zurer Pearson -- Latin@ languages and identities / Ana Celia Zantella -- Learning English in California : guideposts for the nation / Patricia Gándara -- The schooling of Latino children / Luis C. Moll, Richard Ruiz -- Affirmative action, X percent plans, and latino access to higher education in the twenty-first century / Jorge Chapa -- Forever seen as new : Latino participation in American elections / Louis DeSipio, Rodolfo O. de la Garza -- Gender and citizenship in Latino political participation / Lisa J. Montoya -- Problematic paradigms : racial diversity and corporate identity in the Latino community / Silvio Torres-Saillant -- American projections / Doris Sommer

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